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BALLET DE DANSE NEO CLASSIQUE

JULIEN GUERIN

FRANCE

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the choreographer

Trained at the Conservatoire national de musique et de danse de Paris, Julien Guérin joined Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in 2007, after working with the Ballet national de l’Opéra de Bordeaux, English National Ballet and Scottish Ballet.
In 2008, he made his debut as a choreographer. Julien Guérin’s main activity is to create the first dance adaptation of Madame de La Fayette’s famous novel, La Princesse de Clèves, at the Opéra-théâtre de Metz.
Former dancer with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. He choreographed his first pieces, such as “Theorem68” and “Verwirrung der Gefühle”, in collaboration with the Ecole des Arts Plastiques de Monaco. Julien Guérin was invited to the New York Choreographic Institute for the creation of “Beaudelairian Souls”, and won the young choreographers’ competition at the Opéra National de Bordeaux. He has also created “Démons et Merveilles” for the Opéra de Nice, “Scaramouche” for the Opéra du Grand Avignon, “Dear Soaring Thoughts” for the Czech National Ballet, and for prestigious schools such as the Beijing Dance Academy, the School of American Ballet and the Princess Grace Academy.

the shows

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Choreography by Julien Guérin
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Décors : Antoine Fontaine
Costumes : Julie Lance
Lighting: Dominique Drillot
Duration: 75 mns without intermission
14 dancers

Julien Guérin’s first adaptation of La Princesse de Clèves for dance, La Princesse de Clèves is adapted for the Metz ballet.
The Princesse de Clèves is full of complex characters. That’s why it’s so interesting, and dangerous, to adapt it as a ballet. But Julien Guérin hits the nail on the head. Her Princesse de Clèves is a little gem, like a magnificent miniature of a great narrative ballet. With the 14 dancers of the Ballet de Metz, he succeeds in telling a deeply moving story in just two hours, without sacrificing any of his difficulties. There are 14 of them on stage, but you’d think there were ten times as many, so cleverly is the space occupied.
All this is enhanced by Antoine Fontaine’s superb set design, composed of heavy removable panels that create different spaces and are skilfully manipulated by the company. Julie Lance’s costumes are sumptuous, evoking the 17th century without dwelling on it. This makes you feel at home in this universe.
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Julien Guérin’s approach couldn’t be more different. Le Temps du Tendre, a play for couples, a play about love, a dance on pointe! On the floor, traces of the carte du tendre and sixteen performers, plus a soloist called “Le voyageur” (Daniele Delvecchio), Adonis in disarray, full of ardour and always ready for love. But it lacks a GPS to find its way in today’s love life. The “carte du tendre” is now obsolete when it comes to guiding men through the twists and turns of love? No doubt.
But here we hear Vivaldi’s timeless Four Seasons. It is also in this sense that Le Temps du Tendre is a piece that claims the right to be a contemporary ballet. rather 20th century (but far from Béjart) and recomposes that of previous centuries. Our vision of ballet history is unbroken, from the Baroque to the present day. Julien Guérin evokes, with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and scenography by Dominique Drillot, a “heuristic of the feeling of love”. A fine but more classical choreographic study (pas de deux, portages, pointes…) pits couples dressed in the colors of the seasons against a central character, “the traveler”, superbly interpreted by Daniele Delvecchio, already unforgettable in L’enfant et les Sortilèges in 2016.
Inspired by the music’s oscillation between slow and fast movements, the elaborations, imbued with a sensuality that is exacerbated but always contained by a delicate elegance, illustrate the different human affects in the pursuit of this “map of the tender of the seventeenth century, recommended itinerary” in order to know love.
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Choreography by Julien Guérin
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Set design: Dominique Drillot
Costumes : Adeline André
Lighting: Samuel Thery, Dominique Drillot
Running time: 37 minutes without intermission
17 dancers

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CREDITS

Choreography by Julien Guérin
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Décors : Antoine Fontaine
Costumes : Julie Lance
Lighting: Dominique Drillot
Duration: 75 mns without intermission
14 dancers

“Un hiver à Majorque”, a pas de deux with Norton Fandinel and Karina Moreira, accompanied on piano by José Arrue. A reinterpretation of the tumultuous passion between novelist Georges Sand and composer Frédéric Chopin.
In “Shimmer Simmer”, choreographer Kinsun Chan talks about the impact of changing times and seasons. As daylight shortens and lengthens, or temperatures rise and fall, our minds undergo a transformation. The choreographer draws inspiration from these different atmospheres through body language and changing dynamics in movement phrasing. The result is an abstract interpretation through dance that captures the mood and imagery of the spring and summer seasons.
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press and testimonials

“Creation of “Le Temps du Tendre” for Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. Heuristics of love, inspired by Madame de Scudéry’s carte de tendre.

This is also why Le Temps du Tendre is a piece that claims the right to be a contemporary ballet, albeit one from the 20th century (but far from Béjart), which recomposes that of previous centuries. Our vision is of a history of ballet without breaks, from the Baroque to the present day.”

Dancer Magazine

“The French choreographer has returned to a narrative vein, writing the libretto himself. He builds a magnificently chiselled work using academic vocabulary. The company’s 14 dancers rise to the challenge with brilliance and flair, taking us on a journey through the psychological meanderings of one of the greatest romantic characters. The troupe displays marvellous interpretive skills, and shows that this classical language in the service of a narrative has lost none of its modernity.”

Jean-Frédéric Saumont March 15, 2022

“The renowned choreographer has joined the company for the occasion. Julien Guérin will present his creation, “Un hiver à Majorque” a pas de deux with Norton Fandinel and Karina Moreira accompanied on piano by José Arrue. A reinterpretation of the tumultuous passion between the novelist Georges Sand and the composer Frédéric Chopin.”

Beaucaire 12.14.2022

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